Cure for skin sores touted by ZamBuk oil claims
An advertisement extols ZamBuk as a remedy for skin sores, cold sores, chapped skin, frost bite, and various eruptions with testimonials of rapid, complete healing. It promotes purchasing from ZamBuk Co. Toronto and warns against harmful substitutes. A separate snippet includes a light humor exchange about press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faso
Gienrairn
Rex
Angeroun Zain
ZamBuk Co
Toronto
Avenging Waterloo and the Napoleonic Portrait Request
The Duke of Wellington seeks a portrait by David the artist who painted Napoleon but David only paints historical characters. A lady offers used clothing to a tramp and asks about marriage while Van Dyke is ostracized for paying debts rather than meeting social duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
David
van Dyke
CPR Leads World in Telephone Despatching Circuits
CPR officials state the telephone despatching system has performed perfectly since installation and will expand with 1000 to 1200 miles of new circuits this year. James Kent of Telegraphs notes rumors of reverting to despatch by telegraph, but CPR remains committed to telephone systems on western lines and Ottawa lines. Mr Camp, electrical engineer, says CPR will surpass all others, adding miles of circuits on Fort William and eastern division lines, solidifying leadership in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPM
Pacite
CPR
Montreal
James Kent
Atager
Telegraphs
Devpatet Sa
Telegraph
CPI
Wed Camp
Camp
Ottawa
Fort William
Canada
Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills Prompts Praise
Mrs. Mary A. Cook of Mannheim Ontario says fourteen years of rheumatism vanished after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, avoiding doctors. She credits the pills with purifying the blood and curing her ailment, urging others to try them. In the village interview she notes the cure came quickly and without medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Cook
Mannheim
Ont
Dodd
Stocking Industry Origins and Early Factories
A fragmented note traces how stockings emerged from royal and folk ideas in Europe. It mentions Henry I and a wedding era as catalysts, the Hols de Boulosne factory as France’s first, state protection turning the venture into a gold mine, and later growth of stockings making in Paris and Lyons with English imports lagging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry I
Hindres
Hols de Boulosne
France
Mt Stocking Makers
England
Paris
Lyons
Dr Chase's Nerve Food Featured In Ad Mix
A collage of sensational health claims promotes Dr. Chase's Nerve Food with promises to restore nervous system health and relieve sleeplessness headaches and anxiety. The copy cites 50 cent boxes and 6 for 2.50 with dealers listed including Famanson Bates Co. Limited Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Famanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Fragmented text from Houston Post column
An assortment of quotes and anecdotes from a Houston Post page includes snippets about newspapers and neighbors, a corn cure claim, a North Carolina preacher joke, a remark on fiction and truth, notes on John Hell the barrister, and a fantasy about a novel ending in marriage.
Dull Preacher Responsible Wife-Joan Exchange
A terse exchange between a wife and husband plays on church attire and chores. The wife hints she wore the garments to church, while the husband notes she slept in them, underscoring domestic tension.
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Joan
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Thomas
Ted
Switzerland
Remisti Pietor Conauat
the Ginner
No. Wa
Rot
Farotulie
Pletiah Tmetieh
London
Mahon
Ian Michie
Strance
Roderick
Dodge
St Louis
Kansas City
DR. Chase
Mat
Parmelee
Tor
Paz
Boston Transcript
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Gay Lite
Holloway
Exec
John Hell
Lord Ellen
Bell
West Moreland
Biter
Dort
Houston Post
Neal
the Neal Institute Co., Limited
Smith Sty
Regina
Broadway
Calgary
Alta
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
King and Yonge Streets
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